The gist: a really big mansion is haunted by a bunch of demons. Why we’re excited: Helen Mirren is the tormented eccentric who owns the Victorian manor. And the Spierigs’ story is based on actual events that went down in the actual house outside San Fran. Amityville, you’ve been replaced.

It’s been a decade since a doll-faced intruder had us screeching, Gah, who is Tamara, and why isn’t she home? She and her knock-knock buddies are at it again for a sequel written by the original’s maker, Bryan Bertino, and directed by 47 Meters Down’s Johannes Roberts. Oh, the limits that will be tested.

Look for it: March 9

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3'Thoroughbreds'

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Technically a dark-comedy thriller, Cory Finley’s festival hit is just too brilliant to leave off this list. Olivia Cooke and Anya Taylor-Joy star as Amanda and Lily, a pair of estranged best friends who repair their friendship by literally destroying Lily’s stepdad. It also marks one of Anton Yelchin’s final films.

Look for it: March 9

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4'Unsane'

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Steven Soderbergh is saying so long to studio movies and hello to those filmed entirely on an iPhone. Evidence: this scream fest starring Claire Foy as a woman who may or may not be going mad. Details are scarce, but if this is in any way connected to Argento’s Tenebre, we just might go crazy too.

Look for it: March 23

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5'A Quiet Place'

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Your prayers have been answered: power couple John Krasinski and Emily Blunt are finally doing a movie together. A muted thrill ride about a family whose quiet existence is threatened by a sinister entity, it’s sure to leave you in a panic sweat. And get ready to melt: Krasinski is praising his wife’s performance.

Look for it: April 6

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6'Truth or Dare'

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A glossy horror film with pretty faces, Truth or Dare drops Pretty Little Liars’ Lucy Hale in the center of a party pastime gone wrong. Often, films of this caliber aren’t worth their ticket price (The Bye Bye Man, anyone?), but since this venture has the Blumhouse (Get Out, Split) stamp of approval, we’re game.

Look for it: April 13

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7'God Particle'

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Gugu Mbatha-Raw and David Oyelowo star in Julius Onah’s science-fiction terror about astronauts fighting to stay alive in outer space. And don’t let the interstellar cosmo-plot fool you; this one’s better known on the circuit as the Untitled Cloverfield Sequel. And, yes, J.J. Abrams is involved. As is Netflix, apparently.

Look for it: April 20

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8'Hereditary'

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This tense chiller, about a family spiraling after the death of its matriarch, was the talk of Sundance. If its first trailer is any indication, it's about to scare the crap out of you and, possibly, the Academy—critics are already crying Oscar for star Toni Collette.

Look for it: June 8

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9'The Nun'

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If you haven’t seen The Hallow, an experiential woodland horror from visionary Corin Hardy, do so before seeing The Nun, which stars Taissa Farmiga (sister of Vera) and is inspired by a James Wan story. Should these names sound all too familiar, it’s because The Nun is indeed a Conjuring (right) spin-off, about a nun, a novitiate, and a priest investigating the suicide of another nun.

Look for it: July 13

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10'The Little Stranger'

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Lenny Abrahamson is a master with tension: What Richard Did, Room, and now The Little Stranger, a supernatural period mystery based on Sarah Waters’ same-name novel. Sure, it’s more haunted house fare, but with Ruth Wilson and Domhnall Gleeson in the mix, you can bet on grade-A grub.

Look for it: August 31

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11'Slaughterhouse Rulez'

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Simon Pegg (left) and Nick Frost, the tag team who slay British humor in The Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy, have launched their very own production company, Stolen Pictures. Slaughterhouse Rulez, horror with humor about a boarding school-turned-bloody battleground, is their first film under that banner.

Look for it: September 7

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12'The House with a Clock in Its Walls'

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Based on the same-name children’s Gothic horror about a kid and his uncle’s freaky house, this unrated adaptation comes from modern maestro of horror Eli Roth. It’s unclear as of now if its pendulum will swing “restricted” or stick to a PG-13 rating. What we do know: Jack Black and Cate Blanchett headline.

Look for it: September 21

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13'Venom'

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Wait, what? Tom Hardy and Michelle Williams are the principles in a Marvel adaptation? Jenny Slate’s in it, too? Looks like we just became fans of the comic book. The storyline’s still hush-hush, but we can’t help but hope for an R rating—and that Hardy’s mug doesn’t spend the majority of the film behind a mask.

Look for it: October 5

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14'Halloween'

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Some stories never die. And even though the Michael Myers saga has, oh, upward of 10 installments, we can’t wait for the latest chapter from David Gordon Green and Danny McBride. Word is John Carpenter will compose the score, Jamie Lee Curtis will play Laurie, and the terror will come from dread—not gore.

Look for it: October 19

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15'The House That Jack Built'

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Lars Von Trier doesn’t typically make horror movies, but his resume does operate on a diet of the unsettling (Antichrist, Dancer in the Dark). With House, a brutal drama the controversial director claims might be his last, Matt Dillon plays a serial killer, and Riley Keough and Uma Thurman are among his victims.

Look for it: November 29

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16'Suspiria'

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We have the highest of hopes Italian director Luca Guadagnino will do for remakes what Dario Argento has done for giallo. A master of sensory overload (see: I Am Love, Call Me by Your Name), Guadagnino will tackle the sixth sense in this Argento reboot, about a dance company and a coven of witches, starring Dakota Johnson.

Look for it: TBD

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17'Ghost Stories'

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Screw the campfire; the only place you’ll want to recount the chilling ghost stories in this ode to classic British horror is safe in your bed with the covers pulled tight. Lead Andy Nyman spends the reel as a professor searching for rationalities in three hauntings, and each is more terrifying than the last.

Look for it: TBD

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18'Slice'

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Chance the Rapper teased a pizza boy slasher film—drug dealers, werewolves, and pepperoni, oh my—last year. Though the film remains a mystery, there are a few things we do know: Chance will star, music video pro Austin Vesely will direct, and indie game-changer A24 will distribute.

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